The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-09-30
For County Surveyor.
THOMAS E. CATHCART.
Ex-Governor Whyte's Able Speech at
TOwsOntOWn.

lOWSOntOWH
The Democratic campaign was opened at
TowsontowD, on Tuesday night, by large
mass meeting, at which a number of ladies
and many prominent citizens OF the county
were present.
Col. Walter T. Franklyn was chosen
President of the meeting and introduced Ex-
Governor VIM. Plnkney Whyte, the Demo.
cratic candidate for Attorney General. Mr.
Whyte's ability as statesman is equalled
only by his devotion to Democratic prnci-
pies and his excellent speech was listened to
with great attention.
Mr.. Whyte referred to the fact that for
five years past he has had no active con-
nection with party politics, but that now the
opportunity was presented when lie could
be co-laborer with those who sincerely
seek to improve our political condition and
to strengthen the Democratic party.
The people are asked, at this election, to
decide whether Maryland shall be transferred
to the Republican party and condemn Presi-
dent Cleyelands conservative administra-
ton on the eve of a Presidential election.
Republican papers are pointing to the prob
ability of Maryland swinging from her moor
ngs into Republican waters.
Mr. Whyte referred to President Cleve-
lands good work in behalf OF the people of
the United States. He has taken from the
grasp of great railroad corporations millions
OF acres Of public lands illegally held by
them and thrown them open 10 settlement,
protecting the humblest settler in his rights.
The Republican party left us an Inheritance
OF war taxes, which for years have taken
from the people millions of money not re-
quired for the actual uses of the Govern
ment, filling the treasury with $1OO,OOO,0OO
annually, which should be left In circulation.
Every effort has been made by the President
and his party TO reduce these taxes and leave
this surplus in the pockets of the people,
out the war taxes are retained by the Re-
publican party aided by few Democratic
obstructionists. President Cleveland has
brought the North and the South into har-
money and smothered the antagonisms en-
gendered by the civil war
The late Republican convention has
charged that his professions of civil-service
reform were hollow and delusiye, although
the adherents of that party crowd the de-
partments at Washington; fill the custom
houses and postoflices of the country to such
an extent that recent publication in Mas
sachusetts shows that SO per cent of the fed
eral offices in that State are held by Republi-
cans, He found under the Republican civil
service reform some 10000 oficeholders,
nearly every one Of whom was Republican.
1t was necessary for the successful admins
tration of the Democratic policy that
changes should be made.
1.-THE Democratic party" said Mr. Whyte,
'has never been the party of fraudulent elec.
lions. The great mass of its voters repudiate
all such practices, and when bad men in its
ranks commit outrages upon its good name, it
supports and approves every effort for the de-
lection and punishment of such crimes. To-
day, by lis most solemn pledges in q conven-
ton made up of Its best citizens-yes, of the
very men and the sons of the men who in 1860
rescued this State and city of Baltimore from
the grasp of the Know Nothings and the whole
sale sale, disfranchsement by the Republicans of
system OF registration by which frauds upon
the ballot-box are possible"
MIR. Whyte said that the registration and
election laws need revision for the protec-
ton of popular suffrage and the Democracy
is bound to bring about this result Every
effort made to prevent and punish fraud in
elections, added Mr.. Whyte, has met my ap-
,nrpUo1 Tho apnInnf IF ;n1i
fix the responsibilities of parties.
But the Republicans say that the Democ-
racy cannot be trusted to keep these pledges
that theirs is the party in favor of "free
ballot" "a fair count" and correct returns"
and only by their restoration to power can
these blessings be enjoyed Parties are tested
by the records OF their past deeds, and his.
tory has recorded how faithless to freedom
of elections, fairness of counting and correct
ness of returns the Republican party, as
party, have been. He recounted how the SOL
ders carried the election of 1868, by intimi.
dating election officers; how in 1864 the
Republicans held constitutional conven-
ton and devised II most monstrous scheme
for DISTINGUISHING Democrats and carried it
by the vote of soldiers in the field In pur.
suance of this Infamous instrument every
man who had the slightest sympathy with
The South was excluded from all parlicipa-
lion in the affairs of his State and put into |
political bondage which would have been |
hopeless but for the subsequent intervention
If Gova-nor Swann in 1860
BY desperate struggle in 1866 the people |
Of Maryland were emancipated from the po-
itical servtude under which for years they |
had suffered. The resistance of the Repub- |
leans to this act of justice to our people was |
30 great that they made an Intellectual at
Tempt to lave soldiers sent by the President |
% prevent its accomplishment. A contitu-
.ional convention followed, and new or
yanic law was ordained by the people For
twenty years we have lived under it and en-.
Ioyed prosperity not surpasssd in any simi !
ar period Of the States history.
The constitution of 1867 was made by |
some of tie wisest men in The Stale, but the |
denounced it Ms disgrace to |
the government AMI m ichine of oppres-
lion thai ought not To he allowed to exist |